54% Of Canadians Agree With Banning IDF Service: Poll

 

As of March 2025, more than 1,500 Canadian citizens were serving in the IDF

A new Pollara survey commissioned by The Maple found that 54 per cent of Canadians agree with making it illegal for Canadian citizens to serve in Israel’s military.

This group is composed of those who “strongly” (33 per cent) and “somewhat” (22 per cent) agree.

In comparison, 27 per cent said they disagree with making it illegal (11 per cent “strongly”), while 19 per cent said they “didn’t know.”

As such, Canadians are twice as likely to agree with making Israeli military service illegal than they are to disagree, and three times as likely to feel “strongly” about the former than the latter. Moreover, 67 per cent of Canadians with an opinion on the statement agree with it.

Pollara surveyed 1,546 randomly selected Canadian adults from March 27 to 30. The responses were largely consistent across demographic cohorts, including age, gender, income and education level.

It’s currently legal for Canadians to join the Israeli military, as the Foreign Enlistment Act only prohibits citizens from fighting for non-state forces, designated terrorist organizations and militaries of states at war with an ally.

The poll found that 47 per cent of Canadians said they agree with making it illegal for citizens to fight for the military of any foreign government. In comparison, 30 per cent said they disagree.

As such, Canadians expressed greater agreement with making participation in the Israeli military in specific illegal than in the militaries of foreign governments generally.  (more...)

54% Of Canadians Agree With Banning IDF Service: Poll

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